Prece

Pel é and David Beckham, among others, prece ded him — he may be the most enthusiastic booster for New York. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Those were meant to be fighting words; they were prece ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Et si forte aliquo casu contingente reseruant aliquos nobiles; nec prece nec precio vltra de captiuitate possunt exire. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Earlier, Stanbic lawyers argued that it would be absurd to bypass the competition authorities, which would create a prece - dent. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The terms “secondary” or “derivative” here do not imply any sense of prece - dence or superiority but are only a figurative way of expressing the notion that the distinctive characteristic of a legal rule is in its reference to the prescribed circumstances for the application of institutional force. ❋ GRAHAM HUGHES (1968)

Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des lois explicitly uses the term “general spirit of nations”: “Mankind is influ - enced by various causes: by the climate, by the religion, by the laws, by the maxims of government, by prece - dents, morals and customs; whence is formed a general spirit of nations.” ❋ NATHAN ROTENSTREICH (1968)

Though prece - dent may first have been recognized and accepted through irrational or unreflecting attitudes, the idea or concept of legal precedent has been supported by ❋ T. B. SMITH (1968)

Protege prece piâ quos convoco Sancta Maria or what is metrically a little more correct ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

IX., supplici prece deprecabantur, ut eis ob speciales circumstantias concederet ab auctoritate et jurisdictione Rectoris ❋ Walter Elliott (1885)

¶ Eschewe also tacches of fowle ravayne, of gredy luste; w_i_t_h_ vncurteys appetyte 177 prece not to sone; fro yo_u_r vyande restrayn_e_ yo_u_r hand a while w_i_t_h_ manerly respyte; ffede you for necessyte, & not for delyte. ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

L.B. prece molto interesse alla rappresentazione, e si conosceva che era molto commosso. ❋ Thomas Moore (1815)

The prece - lowing year saw the incorpora - age for each meeting. ❋ Sanclertimes (2010)

When you click this button again, Excel adds "tracer" arrows that show the cells (the so-called indirect prece - dents) that are referred to in the formulas in the direct precedents. ❋ Elifa (2009)

To cell C12, Excel has drawn two blue tracer arrows (you'll have to take my word for it) that identify cells B5 and B9 as its direct prece - Book III dents. ❋ Elifa (2009)

Figure 2-25: You create, edit, delete, and change the prece - dence of rules in the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager dialog box. ❋ Elifa (2009)

Figure 2-3: Clicking the Trace Precedents command button shows the direct prece - dents of the formula. ❋ Elifa (2009)

When a prince is expected to visit one of our cities; when we be - hold the sumptuous equipages by which he is prece - ded, the train of messengers who announce his ap - proach; palaces decorated, and triumphal arches reared, for his reception: does not all this excite a desire of obtaining a nearer view of the person of whom so lofty an idea is conveyed from prepara - tions so magnificent? ❋ Sutcliffe, Joseph, 1762-1856, Tr (1812)

His situation was extraordinary, and his difficulties without a prece - dent. ❋ Galt, John, 1779-1839 (1812)

Joe: Hey man can I copy your [answers] for [the Business] Law homework? Jack: Sure, [here you go]. Joe: big prece. ❋ Trehnt (2018)